God’s Law is Good

We must choose gospel or law for justification.

We must choose gospel or law for sanctification.

Sin Still Lives in Me

Christians still have a “flesh” or “indwelling sin” problem. 

Christians sometimes sin.

Real Christians Really Struggle

Christians have a divided will; we want contradictory things.

The battle within—between our “mind” and our “flesh”—is an immensely frustrating experience.

That we struggle against sin should be encouraging to us because it reveals the genuineness of our conversion.

The experience of struggle against sin in the Christian life reveals the reality of our new nature AND our remaining sin problem.

Be honest about the struggles of the Christian life or train people to be hypocrites.

The solution is Christ and his grace not the law.